Last year I found a grey pair that work nicely on my 83 Trek 760:
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
They were new (or newish, cant recall) via Ebay. I'd buy more if they popped up (though i'll likely have more bidding buddies now). Like the feel of the rubber they use [though cant explain why]. Mine say A'ME (not L'AME) on them. I discovered the BMX connection as well, but assume the later incarnation probably came after a buyout ? You can find decals with their logo on Ebay from time to time.
Rich Pinder Van Nuys, CA
Galen wrote:
> Eugene & list,
>
> I don't know the year of introduction of A'me hoods, but I have '84
> and '85 catalogs from Nashbar that have these hoods for sale at $4.95
> per pair. I suspect that they may be on the edge of acceptability for
> the CR list. Too bad that Tullio, who died the year before (the REAL
> reason for the cutoff date for the CR list, I suspect) didn't make his
> brake hoods from the same (but less colorful) material.
>
> Galen Poole
> Rainy in Jackson, MS
>
>
>> I think these came out about '88 (apologies to Dale), and came in a
>> bunch of colors. I have them in lime green, purple, dark blue, and
>> yellow. I've seen them in red, light blue, white, black, tan,
>> celeste, bright pink, gray, and I vaguely recall an orange. They came
>> in both a campy style and a modolo anatomic styles, and also for
>> weinmann/dia-compe and dia-compe aero levers.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 10, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Tom Sanders wrote:
>>
>>> I just got a bike with a set of yellow hoods on the Nuovo Record brake
>>> levers. They are L'Ame brand or model (that's what is on the
>>> hoods). A
>>> search of the archives seems to turn up nothing. They cleaned up
>>> beautifully and are still soft and supple and seem very strong. I'm
>>> thinking of re-using them, they're so cool! Might anyone know of this
>>> brand? I presume it is French?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom Sanders
>>> Lansing, Mi
>>>
>>
>> Gene Powell
>> Rad Finishes
>> Portland, OR